Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same? Do you have a genuine interest and passion to make a difference to women and their children?
We are seeking a passionate and experienced Female Senior Support Worker to join our team. The Senior Support Worker will play a key role in delivering high-quality support to clients.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a compassionate, driven, and experienced individual to make a real difference in the lives of those who need it the most.
Main purposes of the job:
- To provide additional support to the Area Services Coordinator and Manager as required
- Deliver a high quality service which provides clients with emotional, housing and practical support according to their needs
- Providing safe, secure and high quality accommodation to clients
- Work in a trauma informed way to empower clients to maximise their potential and gain the skills to live independently
About Life:
Life is a national pregnancy support charity that helps over 60,000 people a year. Through our services, we help people – whoever they are – to meet pregnancy or pregnancy loss with courage and dignity so they can flourish.
Our services include:
- Supported housing and community support
- Counselling and skilled listening
- Free pregnancy tests and baby supplies
Our values
All our work is underpinned by the following universal human values:
- Humanity – All people are special and equal
- Solidarity – We’re with you and for you
- Community – We’re better together
- Charity – Doing good for one another
- Common good – Building a better world
Information about the role:
For further information, please see the attached job description.
Salary: £14,277.60 per annum
Hours: 20 hours per week (ideally spread across 4 days)
(Flexibility required to cover holiday/absence)
Location: Belfast
Benefits:
At Life we are passionate about providing our employees with a supportive and engaging environment. As well as ongoing development and training, we offer our:
- Generous holiday allowance, starting at 25 days per year, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time hours)
- Birthday Leave (applicable after 1 years service)
- Extra annual leave for long term service
- Company Pension Scheme
- Signed member of the Menopause Workplace Pledge
Safeguarding and Equality:
Life is committed to protecting all staff, volunteers and service users from harm of any kind. Life expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct.
We are committed to ensuring diversity and equality within our organisation by encouraging applications from all backgrounds.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks. Life takes its obligation to protect the rights of children and vulnerable people very seriously; therefore, the successful candidate for this post will be also subject to extensive background checking, including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS) which is paid for by the Charity.
How to apply
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